The holidays are over. The fireworks have died down, the lonely bottle of champagne has been finished from the refrigerator, the liver has exhaled, and a completely normal, toned face looks out from the mirror. The New Year is still a strange holiday; we don’t even attach as much importance to our birthday as it does to it.

This article reflects only the subjective opinion of its author - our reader, who shared his opinion using the “Tell the Guys” service. To be honest, after reading the article about closeted gays, I was somewhat hurt. Why, if I don’t walk around with banners that I love men, don’t shout about the fact that I’m gay, just don’t talk about my personal life, am I classified as “closet”? It even sounds humiliating—condescending. I don’t hide my orientation, but I don’t advertise it either.

In San Juan (the capital of Puerto Rico), the famous Latin American rapper, openly gay Kevin Frat, was shot dead. BBC News reported this on Friday. The murder occurred while the 24-year-old musician was riding a motorcycle. He received eight bullets. Another motorcyclist who fled the scene of the tragedy is suspected of murder. “There are no words to describe our feelings and the pain that pierces us because a person with so many dreams left us.

Journalists from Novaya Gazeta reported new cases of persecution of homosexuals in the Chechen Republic. The material came out on Friday. NoGa employees noticed a message in one of the groups on the VKontakte social network. “In Chechnya, the capture of criminal boys and girls has flared up again. I ask everyone who is still free to take this message seriously and flee the republic as soon as possible.